The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-02
FARM N'.TES.

boxes more OF cheese than las. year aE this
time, and Canada IL 10000 boxea in al.
vance.
Boiled corn ia said to produce moro pork
than the raw kind, and ss good quality.
The question TO be c~ousideIeJ, however,
b not which is the more nutritious, but
which 10 the cheaper, IS the fuel and labor
required to cook this com mus. DO deduct
cd As ezpsuses.
Something urcommonly favorable will
have 10 happen ii tho Thsst crop OF 1883
comes up to the usual average. The Dry
cool weather Of the past iew weeks has
without q doubt reduced the prospective
chancea for much Of y wheat crop next
year to lover average than for years.
Do cot value 3 hog becauae it does no.
ect much, A good hog has on excellent
appetite always, and eating a large quaint.
lily OF food means rapid growth. Increase
OF weight cannot be secured except by the
uae OF plenty OF food, or raw material"
with which to manufacture the product
deai.ed.
Es.imsting the p~opuls:ior OF the United
States at 100000 0 enough corn 10 az.
nus!ly grown 10 alloy esch inhabitant a.
last one bnshel per week. This ia more
than enough Of corn aloao to supply ali
the food r. required, but tho larger portion
is consumed by live stock, being thereby
converted into meat.
Tho estimated yield OF sorghum per
aero is l25 9ounda OF nusar and 10 g6llous
OF eyIup. according to s Kansas report.
UnlcGS the refuae he ueed for stock in
sone msnner it Is doubtful II there be spy
profit IL ouch yield after deduc!ing all ex-
panEes OF growing the crop and makirg
the sugar and syrup.
In spreading manure ovor the surface OF
the ground, to remain there all the win
Ter, it is beet 10 fret plow the er und md
then spread the nsnuse. Ii the ground
bs not p.owed, or be hard and Rolling,
much Of tho aolubls mnttero 4 the MANURE
will 10 diesolved AID carried of by the
rains. Ii tho ground be fss. ploaed the
matter will coax in.
Moas farmers are not familiar with the
psaigrees OF tho bsst trottlng iamilics G!
horses, and may not srccead in breeding
trotte.s, but every farmer. should aim to
use heavy draft stations with the ordi-
nary farm mares when desiring to rains
colts. 1t CoGtB no more 10 reiso q good
grade colt than to raise a mongrel, but
there ia q great difference Ia the valuo OF
msturity.
The value OF a ton OF ordinary manure
is estimated at So, while a low price for q
ton OF commercial fertilizer IL $50. The
farmer must, therefore, handle ton tilrea
as much manure 40 fertilizers in order to
provide the Same amount of plant food.
In purchasing fertilizers tho matter O.
hauling and distributing the manure and
~lertiliz ara ehou'd, therefore, be conoidered
in the comparison Of cost and benefit to be
derived from each.
In this country . famine ia almost i'm.
possible. While %droughts occur in some
s~ectionD rain ia ueuslly plentiful else.
where. The pact season was noted Tor de,
atruction from droughts and ireahlets a
the amt time. Crops arc very short in
Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa, while in the
Eastern Statcs tho yields have been excel
lent. Tho tinle may yet come whe1
~scienco will enable iArmefs TO largely con,
troll ths eupply Of water required.
The Delaware Winter Is said 10 be {
new apple which originated in Southern
Delaware. II is very highly spoken OF BY
some; others, without detracting from itt
just praise, consider thss it st,ikinply 70
sembles Lawyer, n Of the newer Mis-
souri, apples, il it be not identical with
that variety. The attention OF Supeyin
tendent Van Dsmas, OF the Division Q.
Pomology, Washington, D. o., hos beer
directed to tho matter, and It will be clear
ed up before long.
In bic lately issued report Mr.. Swiixle,
expresses tho opinion that 1t Ia idle to tall
about r.ising sheep in this country tt
compete with South America, South Afri
CO snd Australia. Idle, is it? Well, W,
cannot afford to have 1t so. 1t would Ger
tGinly DO idle to attempt 10 raise wool her,
II foreign wool were to bs admitted /,
%consonarce with tho wisbss of the ire,
raw material gang; bat with p,operl,
adjusted dnties 1t is by no means idle
to figure out u future for American WOO
growing. Where m industry Of this kint
cannot compete minded with low.pr:cet
foreign lands and labor, it is tho busines
Of our laYmakera to fo,tily 1t 90 it car
compete.
There was ncyor 70 good o demand il
the world for good table butter as now
bat 1t must be good, and mHde in accord
ancs With later ides, to attain recognition
and top prices. TheIo 10 20 oycr.suppl,
Of this good article. England last YEA
wanted SOC. coo, 600 pounds OF good butter
and out Of our good etore ~ could onl,
spare her 100000 pounds; aud 20 Hoi
land and Sweden supplied tho balance
Why should We continue 10 mako a larg,
per cent Of our butter 80 poor tina. an e.
tims,ed 1884, 600 900 pounds are cold an
nuslly Of from 8 10 5 cent? per pound a
last for manufacturing purposes; snd il
lieu thereof, 90. without, or, tho other re
sort, cat 100, DOC. 900 pcuada Of oleo2
Tho man that ta..ene his hogs in a two
by.iour lot-snd he Is not scsrcs-snd nj
lows them to bed there too, NEVER remoy
ing tho accumu!ations-docs this man
I mouth water when no thinks of the swee
pork be is growing? II it does, We kno,
bis dreams will not be- over sweet, or |
the same limo, when tho hama, sides an
sausage grace bis ieetiye board. Eat the,
in the morning, sleep in sweet snticip,
tion,1sther than dream in full possessio,
Theae growing, dried up ~dyspeptics ga
1t ia not healthy to cat pork Just befol